Society of Archbishop Justus
Samuel Johnson, Writer of an Age
James E. Kiefer's extensive biography features anecdotes from Samuel Johnson's childhood plus discussion of his struggles with disability and the metamorphosis of his religious and philosophical beliefs. This site includes excerpts from...
Society of Archbishop Justus
Society of Archbishop Justus: John Milton, Poet
This biographical sketch of the English poet John Milton is very informative. It gives some basic information about his life, as well as some info on his writings.
University of Pennsylvania
University of Penn: Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea
This site gives a biography of Anne Finch, a bibliography of her poetry collections, and the full text of many of her poems.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Lord Byron (George Gordon) 1788 1624
This resource provides biographical information about Lord Byron.
Luminarium
Luminarium: English Literature: Early 17th Century: Works of Richard Lovelace
This site contains links to texts of many works by Richard Lovelace. "The world will have forgotten all the great masterpieces of literature when it forgets Lovelace's three verses to Lucasta on his going to the wars." --Thomas Aldrich
Luminarium
Luminarium: English Literature: Early 17th Century: Henry Vaughan
Click through this site to find a brief biography of Henry Vaughan, a chronology of his life, links to his works, and essays about his works.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Andrew Marvell (1621 1678)
This is a very comprehensive site, a complete collection of Marvell's works and several critical essays, in additon to biographical material.
Other
George Herbert
This is a fairly comprehensive site produced by college students. It includes a biography of Herbert, an example of his work, and an annotated bibliography.
University of Toronto (Canada)
Univ. Of Toronto: Poetry and Prose of Alexander Pope
This site from the University of Toronto gives the full text of several of Alexander Pope's poems, including "The Rape of the Lock."
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Joseph Addison
This site from the University of Toronto gives the full text of several of Joseph Addison's poems. A link to Addison's Latin poetry and prose is available on the site.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Poetry of Henry Vaughan
This site indexes a full-text of 11 of Henry Vaughan's poems. Also included is some biographical information.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Blake Digital Text Project
Index page for the full text of Blake's prose and poetry as well as an online concordance and related resources.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Henry Vaughan, the Retreat
Bartleby provides the full text for the following poems: "The Retreat", "Peace", "The Timber", and "Friends Departed".
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Sacred Poets: George Herbert's Personality
This scholarly site analyzes Herbert's work and compares it to the writings of several of his contemporaries. Viewers should note that there are four separate pages about Herbert, linked at the bottom of each page.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Lamia by John Keats
This is the full text of the two-part narrative poem Lamia by John Keats about consuming love.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Geoffrey Chaucer
Quotations and a bibliography accompany this biography of Geoffrey Chaucer from The Catholic Encyclopedia.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke
The complete text of this literary work is available to download or read online in multiple digital formats. Includes an introduction, a biographical note and an appendix of poems about or to Rupert Brooke.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 1861)
Read the full text of Elizabeth Barrett Brownings poems, including the audio of "Sonnets from the Portuguese 43". Includes a short biography.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Letters From America by Rupert Brooke
The complete full-text of this literary work is available to download or read online multiple digital formats.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: The Life of Pope by Samuel Johnson
This is an online edition of a text printed in 1905. An abridged version is also available.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
This site from Dartmouth College provides the text to one of John Miton's first and most famous poems, On the Morning of Christ's Nativity. This is a good site to check out for the full text article and for further information.
Contemplator
Contemplator's Short History: John Gay and the Beggar's Opera
A biography of John Gay. This site also contains many related links including one of the the entire text of his play, "The Beggar's Opera."
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: William Blake
Information about William Blake's life and examples of his engravings.
Sacred Text Archive
"Stories From the Faerie Queene" by Mary Macleod
This is a Victorian era retelling of Edmund Spenser's "Faerie Queen." Useful for getting a grip on the plot, or for comparison of language.